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"I knew there was a smell of Arthur Machen about this. Cotgrave and Ambrose are characters in The White People.
I think that's a Machen I haven't read yet, actually... might have to correct that." — Oct 18, 2026 01:03PM
"I knew there was a smell of Arthur Machen about this. Cotgrave and Ambrose are characters in The White People.
I think that's a Machen I haven't read yet, actually... might have to correct that." — Oct 18, 2026 01:03PM
“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.”
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“There is a law written in the darkest of the Books of Life, and it is this: If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine times, you are perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth time, you are in frightful danger of seeing it for the first time.”
― The Napoleon of Notting Hill
― The Napoleon of Notting Hill
“All science is either physics or stamp collecting.”
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